I hate pendulums in the quickstep. In the social class last night we had them - nobody did it correctly and we all looked stupid bobbing up and down. mummsie

Aaahh, you don't like the penguins. During a taping in Japan Christopher Hawkins was so tired after a long day that he mispronounced the Pendulums and called then Penguins. Now there are places where their call the Pendulums for Penguins.

I actually use to dislike that step as well. I actually had a problem with all hopping steps. Well, what is a girl to do when she has too much “talent” for hops to be comfortable? It took a long time for my partner and main teacher to understand why I dislike those steps so much. I actually had to be pretty graphic for them to get it .......just one of those things that make men and women different!!

I have not done that step yet, we just are doing the scatter chasses and working out to keep them small and it helps immensely now to maintain upper body control for shaping so we don't close into the circle.

Logged

Dance is a delicate balance between perfection and beauty. ~Author UnknownDance Forum

Just got reminded of this one: the double reverse. Don't get me wrong, I get that it has value, but seriously--it's insanely difficult and doesn't belong in bronze. IMO it should only be learned when you've got a bit more experience under your belt.

IMO the simpler the step the easier it goes wrong. the problem with this one is for the follow to NOT rise up on the toe. The lead has a body rise but no foot rise - if you are a little spaced out (where I like to be) its easy to miss...

Local legend claims that Donald Johnson invented this figure while on sabbatical, came down from the Mount, and then presented it to his home-studio, marking them as the Chosen Ones.

NO. He didn't. Laure Haille or someone did. It's a freakin' syllabus figure. Donald's fabulous (if scared to death of me because I went fan-girl on him at STARZ), but he did not invent any such figure. *Especially* not the way the locals dance it.

Ah, that's when the guy trips on the girl and they roll over and over each other across the floor, hopefully in an artistic manner of course.

« Last Edit: November 18, 2009, 08:55:21 PM by Rugby »

Logged

Everyone tries to rush up through the syllabus levles and think once they are at the top they have arrived. What they don't realize is that by doing this it is like skimming through a book, you may get the gist but you will never understand the story.